Paphinia benzingii (possible Russian name: Paphinia benzingia ) is an epiphytic herbaceous plant of the Orchidaceae family, or Orchidaceae .
| Paphinia benzingii |
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| Grade: | Monocotyledonous [1] |
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Paphinia benzingii Dodson & Neudecker 1990 |
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The species does not have an established Russian name; in the Russian-language sources, the scientific name Paphinia benzingii is usually used.
Described by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg, 41: 233, figs. 190.
Content
White tinted flowers with brown-red, similar to Paphinia neudeckeri , differ in structural details, in particular in Paphinia benzingii narrower apical petals.
Northwest Ecuador , Esmeraldas Province, 12th kilometer of the Lita San Lorenzo road.
The described plants were collected at an altitude of about 750 meters above sea level.
Plants are found in the places where Paphinia hirtzii and Paphinia litensis grow . Accordingly, they have similar environmental features. The species lives in very humid conditions (more than 6000 mm of rainfall).
The plant is named after Dr. David Benzing, a biologist and plant collector from the University of Oberlin ( Ohio , USA ).
There is no data on the content of this species of orchids.
- β For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- Dodson, CH & Neudecker, T. 1990. Die Gattung Paphinia (Teil 1). Die Orchidee 41 (6): 233-234.
- Dodson, CH 2003. Oncidium - Restrepiopsis. Native Ecuadorian Orchids 4: 665β883.
- JΓΈrgensen, PM & LeΓ³n-YΓ‘nez, S. 1999. Catalog of the vascular plants of Ecuador.
- Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1182.
- Valencia, R., Pitman, N., LeΓ³n-YΓ‘nez, S. & JΓΈrgensen, PM 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas EndΓ©micas del Ecuador. i - iv, 1-489.